ITP: An old joke

[no_longer_a_king]

[Text; Anonymous]

What is love?

How do you know if you love someone? Is it really as powerful as they say?

(ooc: In before someone makes this joke. Feel free to threadjack and such in response to this.

Comments

text; lol what is anon?

[ghostytrainer]

[Wow why did he decide to check the network? Oh right, he was checking to see if maybe Rose was back. Well she's not and this post is just making him feel all the worse about that.]

[And yet he can't resist adding his two cents.]

love is hard to describe, really. it's hard to find words that are really adequate.
the first person did a pretty good job of describing it though.
all i would add to that is that it's best when the feeling is mutual. loving somebody is great and all, and having somebody love you is pretty awesome too.
but when both parties love each other, THAT'S when you really have something.

and it's just something that you kind of...know? i'm sure that's a pretty shitty way of putting it that doesn't actually answer the question at all but it's just one of those things that you KNOW with all your heart.
and people fight wars over matters of love. so yes, i would say that it is every bit as powerful as people say.
but on a less drastic scale, it's probably one of the few things in this world that can make you insanely happy and utterly terrified at the same time. that's a force to be reckoned with, don't you think?

Anon; John couldn't be anon if he tried. XD

[no_longer_a_king]

What about if you aren't sure if you loved someone?

wow no he so could! maybe! no not really.

[ghostytrainer]

then it sounds like you have a crush which isn't quite the same thing as love.
at least not yet. crushes have the potential to develop into full-on love but they aren't quite there yet. not that this always happens.

Anon; If he could figure out how to use text that wasn't blue, maybe.

[no_longer_a_king]

What is a 'crush'?

[What are all modern words? There's only so much knowledge the Grail gave her the last time she was a Servant.]

hey he's managed it a few times......it's just such a weird feeling though, man.

[ghostytrainer]

a crush is when you're attracted to someone for one reason or another but not necessarily in love with them.
maybe you think they're really good-looking or they're really nice to you, it could be for any number of reasons. but basically they just give you butterflies in your stomach though you don't want to tell them that.
but like i said, this doesn't mean you are really in love with the person.
after some time, you may realize that get to know them better and realize there's something about them you were wrong and your attraction fades.

make sense?

[no_longer_a_king]

A bit.

Is it possible to only have a 'crush' on someone after having already kissed them?

[And waaaay more than kissing but she isn't going to put her love life up for display.]

[ghostytrainer]

sure. typically it's the other way around...crushing comes first THEN kissing but love is a strange and mysterious thing and can follow all sorts of patterns.
so it's definitely possible.

[no_longer_a_king]

I see. Thank you. This has been most helpful.

[ghostytrainer]

no problem, mysterious stranger.
happy to help. :)
i hope you get everything all sorted out with your sort of maybe possibly crush and/or lover.